US442522A

US442522A - Alfred b

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Publication number: US442522A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1907-12-09

Description

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No. 442,522. Patented Deo. 9, 1890.

'UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. I'IELLER, OF READING, PENSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,522, dated December 9, 1890.

Application tiled September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364,342. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom il? may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED l5. IIELLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games or Toys; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to improvements in gaines or toys.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved toy which shall be simple in construction and easily to be understood, and which will afford great amusement and recreation.

The invention consists, essentially, in a rectangular box with a glass top, and having a bottom made of tin or other suitable material with a number of horizontal and transverse projecting ribs or ridges, two series of balls or small spheres, and a transverse stopwire, as will be hereinafter be fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line o: fr, Fig. l.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral I designates a rectangular box having aglass top 2, raised sides and ends 2, and a bottom 3, of tin or other suit-able material. Upon the bottom of the box are formed two parallel horizontal ribs or ridges et, with side spaces 4 and a central space 4b. These ribs or ridges extend from near one end of the box to the other, where the last rib of each series has its end 5 projecting outwardly to the sides of the box. There are passages 6 between the ends of each adjoining rib. At the opposite end of the box are formed two transverse ribs 7 which do not extend clear across the box, but have a space S between their ends and the sides of the box. There is also a space between the outermost rib and the end of the box. Over the innermost of these transverse ribs is a stop consisting of a wire 9, a slight distance above the bottom 3. The balls or spheres are preferably eight in number and of two sizes-that is to say, there are three small ones and tive large ones. The small ones are capable of passing under the wire 8, but the large ones should be of such size that they would be stopped thereby.

I prefer to make the bottom 3 of tin, as the ribs could be readily stamped' up therefrom, although it is obvious that any other material may be used which may be found adapted for the purpose.

In playing the game the object is to get all the large balls into the space marked A and the small balls into the space marked B. It will be noted that the large balls cannot get into space B, being prevented by the stopwire 9, and that the ribs should be high enough to prevent the balls from jumping over.

While the game is very simple, yet it will require great dexterity of manipulation to separate the spheres and bring each into its proper place, thus affording considerable pleasure and wholesome amusement.

of sheet lnetal and striking or stamping up the ribs therefrom, I may make the same of wood and form the ribs of Wire,With the ends bent down and attached thereto, as seen in Figs. I and 3.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A game or toy consisting of a rectangular box having a glass @over and a bottom provided with two longitudinal ribs having passages at suitable intervals and with their ends near one end of the box projecting outwardly to the sides thereof, transverse ribs near the other end of the box, a transverse stop-wire, and a series of balls or spheres of different sizes, substantially as described.

2. A game-board consisting of a rectangular box the bottom of which is provided with two longitudinal ribs having passages at suitable intervals, said ribs near one end of the box projecting outwardly to the sides thereof, transverse ribs near the other end of the box, and a transverse ystop-wire, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim. the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses;

ALFRED B. IIELLER,

. NVitnesses:

G. W. J oHNs,

B. F. SCHONEBERGER.

Instead of making the bottom of the box` IOO